Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · North Carolina

Gray Metal South, Inc.

Dunn, NC · ~112 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
23.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gray Metal South, Inc. runs at 696% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Gray Metal South, Inc.: 23.0 TCR = 696% of Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gray Metal South, Inc. safety composite

Gray Metal South, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 22.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 22.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−2.6

2016→2024

Gray Metal South, Inc. injury rate improved

Gray Metal South, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.6 from 25.2 in 2016 to 22.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 34.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=25.2 · 2017=34.6 · 2018=19.5 · 2021=13.0 · 2024=22.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Dunn, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 23.0 · 696% of ind

  • DART 22.6 DART
  • RANK #37/37
  • PHOTO Acme Manufacturing
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 131 inj
  • SIZE ~112 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Acme Manufacturing (0.1 TCR gap)

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Gray Metal South, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Gray Metal South, Inc. averages 23.0 TCR (696% of the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Gray Metal South, Inc. TCR series: 2016=25.2 · 2017=34.6 · 2018=19.5 · 2021=13 · 2024=22.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Gray Metal South, Inc. falls in its industry

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 37 Air cowls, sheet metal (except employers in North Carolina.

Gray Metal South, Inc. (112 employees, TCR 23.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Gray Metal South, Inc.
Gray Metal South, Inc. (112 employees, TCR 23.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Gray Metal South, Inc. has more employees than the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 22.6 22.6 18 0 0
2021 13.0 4.3 12 0 0
2018 19.5 14.3 26 0 0
2017 34.6 22.5 46 0 0
2016 25.2 13.9 29 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · NC · Dunn

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 80 employers in Dunn, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Acme Manufacturing 22.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seattle CDI Custom Curb Adapters 23.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heavy Duty Ramps 22.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northeast Industrial 23.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Winston-Salem 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Environamics-Charlotte 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carolina Sunrock Contracting 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE BT Morrisville 112 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harnett Health System 920 FTE
CITY-NEAR 71041 725 FTE
CITY-NEAR ADUSA Dist DC 04 Dunn NC 703 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dunn Distribution Center #6010 324 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 0357 23.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Logistics Center Savannah 23.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Seattle Tree Care 23.0 TCR
NAT-TCR South Pierce Fire & Rescue 23.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Parham Care Center LLC 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dallas Dry 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rock Hill Mechanical Corporation 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE JTDM Enterprises, LLC. 112 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.